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Children start developing their literacy and language skills from the womb of the mother. A child can listen to outside sounds, particularly the mother’s voice, from the womb and at times respond to it with movement. Therefore, parents should be active in developing the child’s literacy skills even before the birth of the child. A child’s literacy development starts long before they walk in to the pre or primary schools. Home is the first learning space for a child to start developing language, print and phonological awareness. Responsive parents utilize this space to give the child a platform for future success in language efficiency through early exposure and intervention towards literacy development. Therefore, parents’ nurturing role in their child’s literacy development is referred to as “planting the seeds of literacy”1.